Adventures of a multidimensional freak

This is Juan Julián Merelo Guervós English-language blog. He teaches computer science at the University of Granada, in southern Spain. Come back here to read about politics, technology, with a new twist

Many eshops feature "wish lists", to which you can dad what you, you have it, wish. But sometimes you fall into something you wouldn't be caught dead reading, or using, or whatever. Sometimes, there's an specific reason for that, something you've read or heard or whatever. Well, there should be a way of creating that kind of lists. If you add something to a wish list, you later forget why it's there, and then you get it as a gift, it's no big deal. Maybe you'd had wished something else more, but, boy, if you add to the wishlist unknowingly, or some wiseacre friend bestows upon you something on your wouldn't be caught dead list, you'll have to bear it on your conscience. Or hide it. Or sacrifice some small animal.
Come on, entrepreneurs, what're you thinking about? Set it up!

I think that's mostly what Amazon does with its recommendations. Eventually, all content you give to Amazon (purchases, reviews, lists) end up in some data mining algorithm.
There's no way to provide it with things you would not approach even with a two meter pole.